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Question 1030575: There are 20 students in a class. Six of them have blue eyes and nine have brown eyes. You were asked to choose 2 students without replacement. What is the probability of choosing an student with blue eyes followed by a student with brown eyes?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 20 students in a class. Six of them have blue eyes and nine have brown eyes. You were asked to choose 2 students without replacement. What is the probability of choosing an student with blue eyes followed by a student with brown eyes?
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P(blue followed by brown) = 6/20*9/19 = 0.1421
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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